We offer online courses in real time as well as on demand customised courses and workshops delivered in person or online.
We currently offer all our courses and training in English and Spanish.
Contact us to discuss your needs and how we can help you and your organisation to unlock your research potential.
Our upcoming online course in May 2025:
“How to Plan Your Research Project: A Step-by-Step Practical Guide for Postgraduate Students”
(see more information below)
All our online courses are delivered in real time
- Designed and delivered by Dr Sandra Mandic
- Maximum capacity: 20 participants per course
- Delivered in 2-hour blocks
- Course fee includes a complimentary 30-day viewing-only access to the relevant Compass Guide book
- Course registrations close three days prior to the first course session.
- Course fees must be paid at least three days prior to the first session of the course.
- Discounts are available for groups of 4 or more participants. Contact us by email to discuss your needs and obtain a quote.
Upcoming Compass Guide online course in real time
“How to Plan Your Research Project: A Step-by-Step Practical Guide for Postgraduate Students“
This course provides a step-by-step practical guidance for planning research projects and developing a detailed project plan.
Course delivered in English
Course duration: 8 hours (four sessions of two hours each)
Course dates and times (New Zealand time; UTC+12):
- Thursday, 01 May 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Friday, 02 May 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Thursday, 08 May 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Friday, 09 May 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Cost:
- Standard fee: NZD $299.99 (including GST) per participant
- Student fee* (with a proof of a student status): NZD $199.99 (including GST) per participant
- Discounts are available for group registrations. Contact us by email to obtain a quote.
Note: Each course registration will be complete once we receive a payment of course fees. Course fees must be paid minimum three days before the first scheduled course sessions.
*Participants paying a student fee will also need to send a proof of the student status by email to agile.research.nz@gmail.com.
Registrations close on Monday, 28 April 2025.
Our customised on-demand courses
We offer a range of on-demand research training and project management courses. Some of those courses are listed below:
- Research Project Management Training
- Essentials of Project Management for Academia
- Project Management Training – Tailored for Discovery and Knowledge Projects
- How to Plan Your Research Project
- The Art and Science of Research Grant Writing
- How to Write a Scientific Journal Article
- How to Write Your Postgraduate Thesis
- Designing and Delivering Effective Presentations
- Writing High-Quality Reports
Contact us if you would like more information about those on-demand Compass Guide courses and discuss the needs of your organisation.
Check out the details of the three examples our courses presented in this section. Note: Specific course objectives and course formats presented in the examples below are suggested options only. Offered courses will be customised based on clients’ needs.
Journey from Research Questions to Reports and Presentations
Course objective: To help individuals navigate the research process and prepare high quality research reports and presentations
How to Plan Your Research Project
Course objective: To provide step-by-step guidance for planning research projects and developing a detailed project plan
Supercharge Your Supervision of Student Research Projects
Course objective: To improve competence, confidence and effectiveness of academic supervisors of student research projects
Our Workshops and Seminars
This section contains several examples of workshops and seminars that we have delivered to various audiences from different sectors.
Check out our catalogue additional examples of workshops and seminar that we offer. All our workshops and seminars are custom-designed and delivered based on clients’ needs.
Secrets of Successful Cross-Sector Collaboration (seminar)
Wellington Regional Leadership Committee – Thought Leadership Series, Wellington, New Zealand
Helping Students Navigate Their Postgraduate Research Journey (workshop)
Full day workshop for an academic delegation from Shihezi University, China
Achieving Research Programme Success: The Power of Vision, Teamwork and Research Project Management
Centre for Sustainability, Dunedin, New Zealand
Using Agile Project Management to Lead a Multidisciplinary Research Programme: A Real World Example (seminar)
Project Management Institute Sweden Chapter, Stockholm, Sweden
How to Plan Your Research Project: A Research Proposal versus a Project Plan (workshop)
Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
How to Deliver Your Research Outputs (seminar)
LIKES Research Centre, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland
Conference contributions
We also consider invitations to deliver conference presentations and workshops in the areas of research training, research project management and career development.
Using Agile Project Management in Academic Research (presentation)
New Zealand Project Management Conference 2024, Wellington, New Zealand
Following Your Dreams and Carving Your Professional Path – and Destiny (creative workshop)
PACO & PACA Symposium, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain
Contact us at agile.research.nz@gmail.com to discuss your needs and how we can help designing and delivering the training to meet your organisation’s goals.